Migrants and Minorities
Europe is being irrevocably changed by immigration. This book pinpoints the trends shaping its future, exploring EU-level regulations, the challenges of Islam and xenophobia, and how different nations are integrating migrants and minorities.
Between Jihad and McWorld
Inspired by Benjamin Barber’s bestseller *Jihad vs. McWorld*, contributors grapple with inequality, democracy, and power in our times. Barber joins them with an insightful essay on democracy and terrorism in a world shaped by globalization and conflict.
This book examines the collective action of marginalised people in Western Europe. It analyses how they organise to overcome obstacles, act collectively, and intervene in public space, exploring their political significance amid new forms of inequality.
This pioneering study explores the new female Muslim identity. Through interdisciplinary essays, it examines the daily struggles, challenges, choices, and rights of Muslim women globally, both within and outside the Muslim world, in the twenty-first century.
This book examines the intersection of political leadership, media coverage, and sexual identity, with emphasis on the negotiation between public and private behavior. Centering on key cases, each chapter questions assumptions about media coverage of same-sex behavior.
Locality, History, Memory
This book interrogates how place, history, and memory create the citizen in South Asia. Moving beyond the state, it asks: How does our history enforce or dilute the notion of the citizen? How far does memory strengthen it and what role do faith and religion play?
Globalization and Transnational Migrations
While globalization promised an interconnected world, for Africa it has meant marginalization, poverty, and instability. This book investigates the challenges of migration, brain drain, and identity to help readers make sense of Africa’s position today.
Media Agoras
This collection of essays presents up-to-date perspectives on the media’s role in constructing a more inclusive society. From theoretical debates to empirical analyses, this book presents a critical overview of crucial debates in contemporary European societies.
This publication studies suffrage, citizenship and parliamentary reforms in various socio-political contexts. By highlighting national differences, this collection argues that the age of suffrage narratives based on universal emancipation is over.
Young Children as Active Citizens
Young Children as Citizens explores how children can participate in civic life as social actors with rights. It presents research-based case studies where policy-makers and educators listened to children’s views on public issues, enhancing a democratic society.
Trust and Transitions
This volume examines trust within social capital theory, using empirical studies of post-Communist countries and theoretical analysis. Noted scholars explore trust’s role in marketization and democratization, presenting contemporary perspectives for times of transition.
Women at the Polls
Since 1980, U.S. elections have been marked by a “gender gap” in which women are more supportive of Democrats. Women at the Polls finds this gap is extensive across demographic groups, based on differing political attitudes on key issues.
Research Communication in the Social and Human Sciences
Social and human science research addresses society’s most pressing problems, yet it remains largely invisible to the public. This book brings together researchers developing solutions to communicate across boundaries, from media dissemination to stakeholder engagement.
Heiner Müller, one of Europe’s most provocative playwrights, was a communist banned by his own government. Infuriating both East and West, his work defied theater itself. In this collection, leading scholars grapple with his artistic and political legacy.
The American Village in a Global Setting
Selected from a conference honoring Sinclair Lewis, these papers consider his world through today’s lens. Scholars address community, comparing his vision to other authors and media, and use his work as a springboard to discuss today’s global issues.
Bonds Across Borders
This collection of essays by leading scholars crosses national and cultural boundaries to explore the relationship between women, gender, and international relations, examining the contributions of diplomats, activists, businesswomen, and more.
Culture, Trauma, and Conflict
Using Cultural War Studies, this book analyzes the constructions that glorify killing and make us forget its trauma. It explores how media, torture, and memory shape our understanding of war, revealing the cultural durability of conflict.
Demography In Transition
This compilation provides unique insight into complex demographic issues. Demographers examine how race and ethnicity affect access to heath care, the consequences of an aging population, migration patterns, and the implications of changing family structures.
Scholars explore how Britons have imagined America over 400 years. American life, culture, music and theatre were filtered through a shifting gaze ranging from admiration to outright hostility. Included are essays on Dickens, Orwell, and Radiohead.
Navigating Multiculturalism
This provocative volume explores multiculturalism from various perspectives, addressing divisive questions about race, ethnicity, and identity. This collection challenges readers to examine their own perceptions and consider how to navigate change.
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